JR employee held for peeping up student's skirt on station's escalator in Kyoto

Wednesday 15th October, 10:32 AM JST

KYOTO —

Police on Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old JR East employee for using his cell phone camera to film up a 16-year-old high school girl’s skirt on the escalator at JR Kyoto Station.

Daisuke Kitayama, who works at Yonehara Station, was arrested by police officers who were patrolling the station around 5:05 p.m., after he was spotting pointing his cell phone up the girl’s skirt. A spokesperson for JR East said Kitayama was off duty on Tuesday.

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thepro at 02:31 PM JST - 15th October

JR will have to apologise for the meiwaku
norinrad21 at 03:16 PM JST - 15th October

I think its boredom
romulus3 at 04:28 PM JST - 15th October

He is only 5 or 6 stations from the soaplands of Ogoto. He is a 20 minute walk from the prostitution area in Kyoto. He is only 1 or 2 minutes walk from some form of porography

you certainly know your way around
CavemanLawyer at 04:44 PM JST - 15th October

How did he get such a low opinion of the Japanese female??

Wow! What an oddball question! Where did that come from? Did you ever think he might respect females so much that he feels he is not worthy to even talk to them, yet he has to do something to satiate his desire. I think a lot of Japanese guys lack social skills, and suffer from this.

I would define having a low opinion of Japanese women as the guys who approach darn near any girl, and when they get one they use her for a night and go on to the next.

More likely this dude suffers from too much respect and has a serious conflict of interest in his head.

He is a 20 minute walk from the prostitution area in Kyoto. He is only 1 or 2 minutes walk from some form of porography.

Prostitutes are not that good, not even to look at. Porn is not the same. Guys want to see more of woman who they have actually seen with their own eyes. Its natural, but something we males have to learn to deal with. This guy did not.

What the dude did was wrong, obviously, but lets not make wild speculations about it. They don't really help. I feel sorry for him. No man should have to resort to that sort of behavior. --Cirroc
realist at 05:42 PM JST - 15th October

Another sad case, and a very sad reflection of modern Japanese society. Despite posters on this website trying to tell us that Japanese men dont have a problem in this regard, this story is just another one in a long line of similr stories to prove that they do.

In what other country would you get this kind of news story repeated on an almost daily basisd - and involving men from all walks of life, too. This is the country with signs everywhere saying "Watch out for Chikan" -in parks, housing estates - everywhere. This is also the country where a large majority of the women claim to have been sexually molested on trains, to the point where Japan in now the only country in the wortld with varriages on trains reserved for Women Only. Lets face it - many many Japanese men have a major problem in relating to women - many have a "mazaa konpurekksu" and many others are just plain pervs, like this young guy. There is a big market in this country for hign school girls` knickers, too, which I am told many sararimen keep in their briefcases. (sic) No, whatever the J-apologists try to tell us, it just wont wash - Japanese men have a big problem.
elbudamexicano at 07:16 PM JST - 15th October

I feel sorry for this young man! It is a big tempation, all these young girls, whith their nice, smooth legs and soft white panties! He should have just stolen a peep, like we all do from time to time but pulling out his camera, was a bit too much!
CavemanLawyer at 08:50 PM JST - 15th October

many others are just plain pervs, like this young guy.

Is he a perv for doing it or wanting to do it?

I think I would hold off on the perv accusation unless I found out he was doing this all the time. It might have been the first time and intended to be the last. Ooops. --Cirroc
isthistheend at 09:30 PM JST - 15th October

fatloser....its all of the above. Plus its "free", which is a big factor to people who only make 150,000 yen a month or so.
medievaltimes at 12:02 AM JST - 16th October

I feel sorry for him.

Would you still feel sorry for him if it was your sister or your daughter?
medievaltimes at 12:04 AM JST - 16th October

Lets face it - many many Japanese men have a major problem in relating to women - many have a "mazaa konpurekksu" and many others are just plain pervs

Understatement.
Zuleyka at 12:05 AM JST - 16th October

MINDOVERMATTER! yeah thats what we call, respondeat superior.. the boss will be responsible to every subordinate...understand?
kjunluc2 at 02:00 AM JST - 16th October

Perhaps he's an aspiring photographic artist in search of snatural beauty.

Let any 20 year old, straight male who doesn't enjoy a peep up a skirt cast the first stone.

Does this guy deserve to be branded pervert for life? Maybe; maybe not. Ban camera phones.
bamboohat at 06:40 AM JST - 16th October

What exactly does one with only basic Japanese skills do in a situation where you see some older guy covertly taking pictures with his cell phone up girls skirts? Call the cops? by the time convince anybody of what is happening, dude will be long gone. go vigalante on the guy? then i'll get thrown in the slammer. I ask becasue I saw a guy few weeks ago that looked like he was doing that. Tell the girls? I really didn't know what to do or who to tell. There were not cops around and only a couple of clueless information ladies sitting nearby.
CavemanLawyer at 10:26 AM JST - 16th October

Would you still feel sorry for him if it was your sister or your daughter?

Oh dear. That would make it so much different. Suddenly I realize how much my sister or daughter would be devastated by someone filming up their skirt. They probably would not be able to leave the house for years wearing a skirt. Oh the horror! The shock! Your tactic of making this personal has totally worked. NOT! Fooled you!

No, I would still feel sorry for him. My sister has broken many hearts and turned many heads. Surely any daughter of mine would too, and spark lust and anguish everywhere she goes. Force or violence however I will not tolerate and will return in kind, my daughter or not. --Cirroc
CavemanLawyer at 10:33 AM JST - 16th October

What exactly does one with only basic Japanese skills do in a situation where you see some older guy covertly taking pictures with his cell phone up girls skirts?

Study Japanese if you care so much about this harmless crime.

go vigalante on the guy?

For a harmless crime? No sense even suggesting it for a second. Get your Japanese skills up to date, demand the guy go with you to the station attendant and demand he hand you his cell phone so he cannot erase the pics. He just might do it. This is Japan after all.

Even if he runs, he just got busted and that alone will deter people better than a lot of people think. Just walking over, getting close and looking at him with extreme disapproval is going to have a huge effect, and you don't need language skills to do that. --Cirroc